fredag, juli 18, 2008

I dag fikk vi besøk av min manns bror med kone, som bor i Oslo. De hadde med denne flotte Hortensiaen. Må bare vise den fram. Den pynter så nydelig foran inngangsdøra.To-day my husbands brother with his wife came to visit us. They live i Oslo, and they brought this beautiful flower (Hydrangea) as a gift to us. I simply had to share the picture of it. I placed it by the entrance door.

onsdag, juli 16, 2008

Jeg er veldig stolt av henne, og liker godt det hun lager. Hun har nå snart fullført treårig kunstutdannelse. I am very proud of her, and I like her products. She is about to finish 3 years of art education.

When we got back home from our cabin, my husband checked out the possibilities for participating in a summer conference. And what could be better than the summer meeting of the Norwegian Israel Mission? There was even room for us, and we got a nice room in the Captain's House. The topic of the gathering was: "He is coming!" (Messiah is coming). And the meetings and Bible studies were about this theme: Messiah in the Tora, Messiah by the Prophets, Messiah in the Psalms. Very relevant and interesting.Conclusion: If Jesus is not the Messiah of the Jews, he cannot be our Messias and Saviour as well. But if he is the Messiah of the Jews - what then?Disse to første bildene er fra den vakre dekorasjonen foran podiet i gymsalen, hvor hovedmøtene ble holdt. These two first pictures are of the beautiful decoration ahead of the podium of the gymnasium where the main meetings were held.

Over denne broa ankom vi stedet.We crossed this bridge when we arrived.

Første hele dag var det lek og konkurranser på ettermiddagen. Vi ble delt inn i lag. Her er det om å gjøre i felleskap å få hverandre igjennom en tausperring (i kryss) uten å berøre tauet. Det var full innsats og veldig moro. The next afternoon there was competitions where we were divided in teams. Here we shuld help each other to force a rope, tied up like a cross (X) - whitout touching the rope. Full effort from all participants and big joy.

En annen oppgave var å få så mange som mulig over denne lina uten å berøre bakken. Skal si konkurranseinstinktet kom frem i både ung og eldre!Another exercise was to help as many as possible across this line whitout touching the ground.The competition instinct was activated for bouth young and elder!

Lørdag var det båttur til Lyngør. Her er brygga med Landhandelen i bakgrunnen. Skikkelig sørlandsidyll.Saturday we had a boat trip to Lyngør. Here is the wharf in front of the old store.

Båten vi dro med: Lyngholmen.Our boat: Lyngholmen.

Dagen før vi dro på stevne, fikk vi besøk av vår datter med mann og barnebarna. Første gang de besøkte oss her. Det er mange fine lekemuligheter like ved oss. Her på skolens lekeareal for småklassene.The day before we left for the gathering, our daughter with husband and our grandchildren came on their first visit to us on Harestua. We have many good alternatives for playing outdoors in our environment. Here on the playground by the school.

Sindre, stor og grei gutt på 6 år, hadde veldig lyst til å overnatte hos bestefar og mormor. Og det var jo veldig koselig. Han kjørte med oss hjem da vi dro på stevnet neste dag. Her har vi en rast i Eidsfoss - nydelig sted!Sindre is now a big boy, 6 years old. And he insisted on sleeping with us this night. It was a great pleasure for us. So he went with us back home the following day, when we left for our summer meeting. We had a short stop by Eidsfoss - a nice old place! (With store and a café).Selvsagt måtte vi kose oss med jordbær med fløte på verandaen. Ingen som ikke likte det, nei! Even ville bare ha mer og mer.Of course we had to enjoy strawberries and cream on the veranda. No one rejected!Little Even wanted more and more. (Klikk på bildene så får du dem i stor størrelse! Click on the pictures, and you can see them in a bigger format.)

Last Friday we went to our cabin to make it ready for a visit from my youngest sister and her husband - on holiday by car, all the way from Tromsø. As usual we wondered if the snow had made any damage during the winter. It is not a road to the door (about 600 meters through the woods), so we do'nt get up there at winter any longer. It was a gloomy sight that we met.

The ceiling in the kitchen hang down all the way in the middle of the cabin. The grip to the girder had loosened because of the weight of the snow. The construction of the cabin makes it almost impossible to improve the damage without great power with machines (which is very difficult to manage up to the place. We count on having to demolish the cabin and rebuild it. It var immencely dreary, and we were not able to stay there more than one night. (And sent a message to my sister, who fortunately had other alternatives.

On our way back home we got a fresh swimming trip (not too cold) by Lunde bridge. But the feeling of uncertainty if there was any future of cabin life up there, was very hard. We had to take av walk in the evening after we got back home. When we came outside, we met this beautiful evening sky. It was a good comfort for the soul.

In the area where we live we have a church, Harestua Chapel, as our nearest neighbour. To-day it was a service there, and I joined it. The theme for the day was God's care for each and every one of us. "Not a sparrow to the ground, without God knowing it. Not a soul to death without His love. Not a flower fade away, not a tear is fallen, Without God knowing it. He who is everywhere." (Norwegian psalm).

This evening things is felt much better. We have got new courage, and have started to think that tings will turn out all right. I even defeated my husband in Passport - a geography board game. I do'nt do that very often (not in any game by the way).

fredag, juli 04, 2008

Yngste sønn måtte flytte i sommer og har fått dette fantastiske stedet å bo på. Skal dele hele huset med en kamerat. "Jeg har ikke bedt om noe så fint," sier han. "Men jeg takker og tar imot!"Vi besøkte han og fikk se sist helg.Our youngest son had to move to another house this summer, and has got this beautiful place to live. He will share the house with a pal (who lives there already). "I've not prayed for something so nice", he says. "But I say thanks and receive." (Bildene legger seg ikke helt slik jeg vil. Men når jeg flytter dem, så ødelegger jeg muligheten for å forstørre dem.)Torsdag denne uken var vi sammen min manns bror og hans sønn og spilte frisbeegolf på Ekeberg. En helt ny erfaring for meg. Her starter vi med friskt mot.(The pictures is not placed where I want them. But if I move them, I spoil the possibility to make them larger.)This thursday we went to Ekeberg in Oslo with my husbands brother and his son to play fresbeegolf. A quite new experience to me. Here we are at the starting point.

Lørdag 21. juni var vi med og kjørte flyttelass for eldste sønn, sammen familien til kona hans. Slik er det bare en 100 meter fra huset deres. Snakk om heldiggriser. De er kjempefornøyde! En liten sandstrand for barn er det også like ved.Saturday the 21st of June we joined the removing load for our eldest son, together with his wifes family. Like this it is just a 100 meters from their house. They are very grateful! A small sand shore is it also right by.